2-645-410 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Light House & Pier', 1820. Margate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in Kent. The town's history is tied closely to the sea and it has a proud maritime tradition. Margate's original lighthouse was a round Doric column, with a square gallery and cylindrical lantern, it was victim of the Great Storm of 1953. After Captain George Varlo. From Picture of Margate, and its Vicinity, by WC Oulton, Esq., author of the Traveller's Guide. Illustrated with a Map and Twenty Views, engraved by JJ Shury, from Drawings by Captain G Varlo, by WC Oulton. [Baldwin Craddock & Jay Paternoster, London, 1820]